Bring your galoshes or rain boots because we’re getting WET at Back to Your Roots, the hands-on children’s program that offers down-on-the-farm, interactive fun! Join Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites on Saturday, August 17 for Stream Science, an interactive event that takes children into a living laboratory—the Monocacy Creek at Burnside Plantation! The Monocacy Creek [...]
MUSIKFEST CHICKEN LADY PUTS ‘FEATHERS’ BACK ON FOR FESTIVAL’S 30th ANNIVERSARY Courtesy: ArtsQuest The beloved Musikfest Chicken Lady, Pat Holetz, will fly into Musikfest this weekend, the first time in five years, to meet guests and lead the Chicken Dance as part of the festival’s 30th anniversary celebration. Holetz will make three appearances [...]
On Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, Craig Kastelnik and Friends Featuring Bernard Purdie on Drums returns to Musikfest, Bethlehem, PA, at the Musikfest Cafe (Free concert!) Hear Bernard, "The World's Most Recorded Drummer" (Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, countless other albums) perform with Craig on keyboards and vocals, Pat Flaherty on vocals and percussion, Bill Washer on [...]
WHAT’S NEW AT MUSIKFEST 2013 Make Your Own Glass Art - Handwerkplatz Create your own work of art in just 20 minutes. Choose from a beautiful flower, pumpkin or an owl – price is only $60. Mobile Glass Unit Hours Noon-1 p.m.: Glass Store Open for Shopping 1-2 p.m.: Glassblowing Demonstrations 2-5 [...]
Photo credit: Matt Smith 30 Years of Musikfest - August 2nd through 11th Founded in 1984 by ArtsQuest, the first Musikfest featured 295 performances on six stages, attracting more than 180,000 people to historic Bethlehem. Over the past three decades, the event has grown a bit, evolving into one of the largest and [...]
AN “OBLIVION” EVENT AT MUSIKFEST AUGUST 7th Fans at Musikfest, one of the largest music and entertainment festivals in the U.S., will celebrate the release of visually stunning, post-apocalyptic, Oblivion. On August 7 from noon to midnight, Musikfest attendees who visit the Oblivion booth, located near the festival’s Aetna Americaplatz venue at the Levitt Pavilion [...]
There is still a slim chance to save The King George Inn from the wrecking ball! The current owner of the King George has an agreement to sell the inn to New Jersey developer Atul Patel, who plans to tear it down and build a motel, bank and chain drug store. In it's place (the [...]
The historic King George Inn, located at the corner of Cedar Crest Blvd and Hamilton Blvd in South Whitehall Township is scheduled for demolition as part of the new owner's plan to build a hotel, a bank and perhaps a pharmacy on the property. The restaurant, which was not protected from demolition despite being listed [...]
The public is invited to enjoy a free acoustic concert by chart topper Cody Simpson July 31 @ 11 AM at the Musikfest Café at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. The show is presented by B104, ArtsQuest & Atlantic Records. The Cody Simpson concert is open to the first 1,000 people in line that day [...]
An Interview with Jay Proctor Jay & The Techniques By Ernie Reed Every so often there is a story in The Lehigh Valley with a twist that is compelling and deserves attention. Such is the story of Jay Proctor of Jay & The Techniques. Jay & The Techniques were one of the great American musical [...]
